Devin,

Unfortunately there aren't any concrete answers out there at the moment,
primarily because dyslexia is term more often used to describe a heterogeneous
population than a specific disorder. Below is an excerpt from a paper I wrote
when I was doing research on the brain imaging techniques used to investigate
the causes of dyslexia. It should give you a good beginning with regards to
relevant articles you can look up. If you need the complete citations, or would
like me to send you the entire paper, let me know.

Best,
Sandy
Recently, brain imaging technology has allowed researchers to compare dyslexic
and non-dyslexic brains in search of causes. A group of researchers studied the
brain for differences in size and symmetry (Flowers, 1993; Galaburda &
Livingstone, 1993; Hynd, 1995; Hynd, Semrud-Clikeman, Lorys, Novey, & Eliopulos,
1990; Livingstone, Rosen, Drislane, & Galaburda, 1991; Robichon, Levrier,
Farnarier, & Habib, 1999). Technological advances permitted investigations of
the difference in brain activation patterns (Eden, VanMeter, Rumsey, & Zeffiro,
1996; Horwitz, Rumsey, & Donohue, 1998; Kang, Constable, Gore, & Arvrutin, 1998;
Rumsey et al., 1999; Shaywitz et al., 1998; Wandell, 1999). Finally, technology
has reached a point where it can study brain activation timing (Helenius,
Salmeline, Service, & Connolly, 1999; Papanicolaou et al., 1999; Pugh et al.,
2000; Simos et al., 2000).

----- Original Message -----
From: Richard
To: dyslexiaclub@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 12:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Dyslexia Club] Hello list


Dear Devin;

I am not sure how to go about answering you question however I can tell
you my son and I have similar symptoms noted below. I have just ordered
a book titled "The Gift of Dyslexia" which was highly recommended to me.
I have not read the book as of the writing of this email however it is
very high on my list of things to do.

Richard.

devinwscrogum wrote:
> Salutaions,
> My Name is Devin Scrogum, as you can probably tell. I was wondering
> if anyone has any links or info they can send my way on how the brain
> sturcture of a dyslexic is diffrent from that of a "normal" person. I
> read somewhere about the brain prossesing verbal info through some of
> the circuits the normally digest visual but it was a rather skimpy
> articale.
> Also, dose anyone know why it is more common in men than women. It
> can't be because of the 23rd chromosome (XX/XY), dose it have to do
> with brain strucure.
> Some things about myself: As you can see I have no spell check on
> this so I know I messed up at least two words (so far). I was
> diagnosed with dyslexia at the end of first grade, but it took to
> about 7th to figure out how to spell or pronounce it. I'm 23 and
> currently in the U.S. Marine Corp. I repair electroncs. Interstingly
> enough, I'm pretty sure that my dyslexia is an asset, not henderence
> in my job. I think in symbolic logic so I can read an electronc
> diagram rather fast, even though I can only read normal words about as
> fast as I can speak.
> For all you parents out there who wonder if your kid will be able
> to get a job above minimum wage., the private sector version of my job
> normally make about $80,000-$100,000 dollar a year.
> Devin.
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